In Mrs. Doubtfire, Robert Prosky played Jonathon Lundy who managed the television station where Daniel (Robin Williams) worked. Eventually Daniel was able to portray Mrs. Doubtfire on a children's television show within Lundy's network. In Death to Smoochy, Robert Prosky again plays a network manager who hires Randolph (Robin Williams) on board as a children's television host.
Coincidental, but still some-what interesting.
Good catch... Also Harvey Fierstein who played Merv Green in Death to Smoochy, also played the part of Robin Williams gay brother in Mrs. Doubtfire. I love that actor!
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Not only that but Harvey Fierstien plays Merv Green in Smoochy, and played Frank Hilliard (Daniel's Brother - [Robin Williams' Character]) in Doubtfire.
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Yes, the connections in this movie run far and wide. But since DiVito directed it seems he had a hand in casting and he directed Mitilda as well, so it seems that the cast that works well together once will probably bring forth another great movie! The same can be said for Mrs. Doubtfire which was definitely a great watch :)
You get that a lot in Hollywood, but this happens to be a GREAT collection of actors. I don't know how this movie got such a low rating because it's a fantastic black comedy!
The reason for this film's less than satisfactory rating is due to the fact it is inaccessible to certain people. It's not like the average movie that is straight-forward and follows a direct formula. It's filmed a bit differently, it plays out in a different atmosphere, and it is themed on a fairly untouched grounds. It appears to be very immature on the surface and a bit too 'silly', and it's not all that easy to overlook the subtle differences. No matter how you look at it, "Death to Smoochy" is not your standard black comedy. It's overly dark, being about children and a child mascot, but at the same time about a psychotic ex childhood HERO that wants to kill the one that replaced him. It has, on at least one confirmed occasion, the appearance of children witnessing the death of a man, and it IS a bit low-brow as well. It's just not the standard 'comedy' that the average movie goer expects or has interest in. It also didn't get a whole lot of publicity or advertisement. It really wasn't well heard of and a lot of people never knew it was there to go see it when it hit the theatres. Not many people know about it to rent it, either.
Sometimes a film filled with A-List stars gets overlooked on account of poor advertising, and I cannot think of a single film that has ever been terribly advertised and became a true CLASSIC. Sheer numbers alone can determine if a film is a success or a failure, despite how good it is.
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I have seen this movie but I have never noticed him making an uncredited cameo in this movie, what scene is in that next time I watch the movie I can see if I can catch him is there a line that he says. But you actually seen this movie? The difference with this movie and Mrs. Doubtfire, well in the beginning of the movie he already has the job of a kids TV show, that the first scene he is in out of costume two FBI dressed up as a Mom and a Dad present him with a suitcase of money to bribe him to have their kid be up front on his show even through his character doesn't actually touch the money, and then the FBI agents revel their real inditenties and he is caught in it, and he is fired from the Network, even through you don't see it actually happening. And with people mentioned that Harvey Fierstein appeared in the movie as Merv Green that also played his brother in Mrs. Doubtfire, and how about for really the opening of each movie that Robin Williams' characters has to sing.
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